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Archives for December 2014

Eko Devices, a startup of Bioe undergrad alum Connor Landgraf, is one of ten startups selected to present live on stage at the Las Vegas Consumer Electronics Show this January. The top three winners get the chance of a lifetime to pitch Sir Richard Branson on his private island. Eko competed against nearly 2,000 other applicants in the Extreme Tech Challenge to become one of the final ten.

Professor Luke Lee, collaborating with Professor of Physics Alex Zettl, have created the world’s first graphene nanopores that feature a “built-in” optical antenna. This addition could significantly speed up nanopore sequencing of DNA.